I am making a concerted effort to be more positive. I don’t just want to look on the bright side of life; I want to live on the bright side of life, smiling and waving to all the miserable people on the other side. I’d love to tell you that it’s easy to maintain a positive attitude in ...
It will be 20 years this December that The Meadows harness racing track lost its last original employee, Quinton Patterson. Patterson’s construction crew, which was chosen by Meadows founder Delvin Miler, helped when the facility was built beginning in 1961 and Patterson went to work there ...
The radiant heat of the old gas burner feels good on this early winter’s morning. The first cup of coffee tasted pretty good so I reached for another. Coffee is the perfect medium for slipping back in time. As I peer out over the sparkling snow covered ground I am transported back to a ...
It comes down to pitching. In the major leagues, it always comes down to pitching. It’s a line that was likely uttered by Abner Doubleday while he was pacing off 90 feet between bases for the first time, and it has held true all these years. Pitching has helped get the Pirates in the ...
Let’s see. There was the Summer of Love in 1967, then the Summer of Soul two years later, and then in 1977, the crime-soaked Summer of Sam. And most of us are still creeped out by the Summer of Lantern Flies. And here we are in 2026, which is shaping up to be the Summer of Explosive ...
Q. I feel so dumb. Everyone I know seems to know slang and I have no idea. How can I keep up with slang? – 14-year-old Mary Jo’s Response: What an interesting question! I’m not surprised you’re curious about slang – it seems to change rapidly. Slang is a type of social code. It ...
